SCHOOLS SAY NO TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

It still amazes me how school administrators are actually paid to say "no" and 'deny' services to children with special needs.
Students with disabilities are allowed to stay in school until the age of 22.  As a mother of a teen with autism, I finally realized why:  It's not so much at the rate of speed that a child with special needs learns- although that may be a factor; it's actually 'the delay' of the school administration to get things moving in the right direction in order for the child to make effective progress and/or create an IEP within the child's interest where transition is concerned.  
Can you imagine Medford public schools telling a high funtioning autistic boy that he cannot participate in any vocational opportunities or job opportunities because 'they don't provide that for sped kids at that age- 16.5-? -YET...other typically developing kids have access to this!?  RUKM?  
The "oh, he's got plenty of time and is not ready' bs doesn't cut it anymore.  If he wasn't so able, then how the hell did he manage to get his drivers permit and learn how to operate machinery? Oh, that's right, his mom did this work- sitting through driving classes, showing him how to operate a lawn mower and other landscaping machinery.
 How is it that he can be enrolled in a separate automotive class outside of his own community which he thrives on, but 'isn't ready' for you, Medford to offer him opportunities in his own community?
The law is clear:  Transition includes post-secondary education training in THE STUDENTS AREAS OF INTEREST!  Yet he's shoved into some internship-which isn't even that of his interest?  
What happened to travel training?  How about getting him a Job Coach so he can work?  Oh that's right, according to you, he's not 'ready or able to do that', but yet, he is able to cuts lawns, work on cars, puts things together with his hands, and knows everything there is to know about weather and geography...but he's not ready?  Truth is, you don't want him to be ready.  It's all about you and not the child.  It's about what you WANT to offer him, not what he requires and/or needs.
Why?  Because he's disabled and not worthy?  SHAME on you, Medford.  You have an obligation to teach these kids and get them ready for the real world.  By denying them services and opportunities is an embarrassment to even be a citizen of this city where you pay a sped director to say "no" to these kids.
You are supposedly the 'expert' on the child.  Never mind that the mom or the child's experts, whom have known him since early years get brushed off.  Even at the last meeting when a sped director simply tried to tell the own students neuropsychologist what 'she thought was his diagnosis'..when in fact the Dr. had to stop and interrupt her to remind her WHO actually was the one with the degree in neuropsychology!
Medford also misquoted an agency outsourced through the dept. of developmental services, DDS telling them what they offered..when in fact she was incorrect.  The school interprets what they want and how they want it to their advantage, when in fact, it's false.
Bottom line, You have to fight for everything when it comes to your child and nothing has changed.
The only person that loses in this situation is the child.  
The only thing Medford cares about is the dollar...not the student.